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Mac Beth

All of us know who wears the real pants in the family. No not the dad, but the mom the wife. The wife is the one who really knows what is going on and has control of everything. Knowing that feeling when you know your mother knows where you�re really going to this Saturday night. In Macbeth you see a representation of this by Lady Macbeth, but having everything on her shoulders turns out to be much to deal with that leads to her madness.
Lady Macbeth comes off as a bit insane in Macbeth, so what occurs out through the story affects her to become mentally unstable resulting into pure insanity. During the killing of Duncan; she has to place the daggers on the guards because Macbeth could ...

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child if she promised to because real men keep promises. Lady Macbeth starts showing that there is something wrong with her mentally when she admits she would kill her own child. � References to afflictions of the mind lace the play like a poison. There is talk of �insane root�, �horrible imaging�, �sorriest fancies�, �the heat- oppressed brain�, �torture of the mind�, �restless ecstasy�, slumb�ry agitation�, �infected minds�, �troubles of the brain�, and �perilous stuff� Madness and Drama in the Age of Shakespeare. Manchester, UK: Manchester UP, 1993.
In (2.2 59-89) Macbeth has done the deed, but since he is so unmanly he runs back to Lady Macbeth not knowing what to do. Lady Macbeth shows step two of insanity by tearing the daggers from Macbeth and smearing the blood and putting the daggers on the guards. Once she returns she brags about how easy it is to blame it on someone else and how washing her hands will clear her from her devilish deeds. Brather, Fritz. Shakespeare ...

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Added: 3/21/2011 08:54:44 PM
Submitted By: booksbooks
Category: Shakespeare
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